Are Screwfix taking the piss?

[ARW]

Just had a text message off them to tell me

"Your order is ready to collect. Please bring Photo ID with you and go
to the collection point at etc"

What photo ID?

The item is booked out to the Scout Hut, is under the Scout Hut's name
and address. Not only that I someone else actually ordered the part and
paid for it (cash.

--
Adam

[Richard]

Take the piss back by taking selfie with the text message and presenting
that as photo ID?

[Robin]

From complaints overheard at a recent visit it seems Screwfix may have
decided to ask for photo ID for [all?] pick-ups where payment wasn't by
card (when they want the card). May be driven by PayPal scams (much
like the eBay collection-in-person scam) so you're just collateral
damage. All I can suggest is take your photo driving licence (which I
assume a young man like you has); and threaten to go to Toolstation if
that's not good enough;)

--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

[Roland Perry]

In message <G6l0D.1958856$AQ.5...@fx32.am4>, at 10:49:27 on Sun, 8 Jul
2018, ARW <adamwa...@blueyonder.co.uk> remarked:

>Just had a text message off them to tell me
>
>"Your order is ready to collect. Please bring Photo ID with you and go
>to the collection point at etc"
>
>What photo ID?
>
>The item is booked out to the Scout Hut, is under the Scout Hut's name
>and address.

Take along a picture of the scout hut!
--
Roland Perry

[charles]

In article <G6l0D.1958856$AQ.5...@fx32.am4>,

Take a photo of the Scout Hut with you.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

[Andy Burns]

ARW wrote:

> "Your order is ready to collect. Please bring Photo ID with you and go
> to the collection point at etc"

You made the mistake of paying by PayPal?

> What photo ID?

Expired passport? Not valid for travel, but usually acceptable as ID

[ARW]

I have a photo driving license, ESC card, prison entry ID and a works ID
(the one that calms old ladies down when you knock on their door to do
some work and they ask for ID to prevent a scam even though work just
made it up using a printer).

None of them were needed. Just the receipt.

And to top it off I took back

https://www.screwfix.com/p/3m-temflex-insulation-tape-multipack-mixed-19mm-x-25m-10-pieces/4768x

that I bought in Stockton on Tees on Friday using my details.

It had two reds and no grey. All the ones in Wakefield were the same so
the manager just gave me a roll of grey and said "Have a good day".



--
Adam

[newshound]

On 08/07/2018 11:04, Robin wrote:

I think that is it. I normally shop online from the desktop which
"knows" my card details, but occasionally I do an order to collect from
the phone. In that case, it's easier to use PayPal than to faff around
entering card details. Bus pass works as photo ID for Screwfix and most
other places (but not absolutely everywhere).

[Max Demian]

On 08/07/2018 11:04, Robin wrote:

what's a photo ID card? Bus pass? (South Bucks just ask you to send a
photo and a completed form and send you the card back by post.) Rail
photocard? (You have to apply with a photo in person, but you don't have
to prove your identity as they don't care who you are.)

What is your identity, anyway?

--
Max Demian

[charles]

In article <Ra2dnb-ucOX39t_G...@brightview.co.uk>,

I T-Shirt I saw recently said
"Be yourself - all other realities are used up".

> --

[spuorg...@gowanhill.com]

On Sunday, 8 July 2018 10:49:28 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
> What photo ID?

That one of you 'knobbing' your girlfriend?

Owain

[Rod Speed]

<spuorg...@gowanhill.com> wrote

> ARW wrote

>> What photo ID?

> That one of you 'knobbing' your girlfriend?

Not very convenient to have to show them his
bare arse to compare with the photo ID tho.

[Peeler]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 07:00:07 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:

>>> What photo ID?
>
>> That one of you 'knobbing' your girlfriend?
>
> Not very convenient to have to show them his
> bare arse to compare with the photo ID tho.

I suppose it would leave a better impression with them than your stupid
senile face, Rot!

--
dennis@home to know-it-all Rot Speed:
"You really should stop commenting on things you know nothing about."
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[Brian Gaff]

Interestingly blind folk have no driving license. I've had similar issues at
other stores recently, and luckily they are happy to use my disabled
taxicard, otherwise they would be stuffed. When I read the original question
I had an evil thought that a picture of the scout hut was fine then..grin.
Brian

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[Andy Burns]

Brian Gaff wrote:

> blind folk have no driving license.

Maybe you could apply for a provisional one, see what officialdom's
response is :-)

[Max Demian]

They must ask about your eyesight somewhere. You used to be able to ride
a motorcycle (up to 250cc) on a provisional licence, so there must have
been some check.

--
Max Demian

[newshound]

Not quite the same, but I used to know a Dutchman who had to carry photo
ID as a child during the Nazi occupation. Apparently he managed to get a
photo with him sticking his tongue out. So that, whenever challenged, he
was able to stick his tongue out at the official. This was the family
story, anyway! Sadly, the actual card hadn't survived.

[whisky-dave]

On Sunday, 8 July 2018 11:04:54 UTC+1, Robin wrote:
> On 08/07/2018 10:49, ARW wrote:
> > Just had a text message off them to tell me
> >
> > "Your order is ready to collect. Please bring Photo ID with you and go
> > to the collection point at etc"
> >
> > What photo ID?
> >
> > The item is booked out to the Scout Hut, is under the Scout Hut's name
> > and address. Not only that I someone else actually ordered the part and
> > paid for it (cash.
> >
>
> From complaints overheard at a recent visit it seems Screwfix may have
> decided to ask for photo ID for [all?] pick-ups where payment wasn't by
> card (when they want the card).

I got an immersion heater switch £4.20 paid oon-line with card.
With paypal you need to take ID.

When I went to collect it I had the number from the email written on a scrap of paper they didn't want any ID, not even my card which I used to have to put in the machine and confim using my PIN.

[whisky-dave]

On Sunday, 8 July 2018 23:11:51 UTC+1, Peeler wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 07:00:07 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
> again:
>
> >>> What photo ID?
> >
> >> That one of you 'knobbing' your girlfriend?
> >
> > Not very convenient to have to show them his
> > bare arse to compare with the photo ID tho.
>
> I suppose it would leave a better impression with them than your stupid
> senile face, Rot!

I doubt most can tell wodneys arse from his face from what he says would a visual imterpretation be any better ;-)

[ARW]

I know one in India that has one. When I was married to the Slovakian au
pair that worked for an Indian Doctor he told me that he took he driving
test with his blind Dad sat in the back seat and for just a small extra
charge (in cash) the examiner gave his Dad a driving licence.

> Interestingly blind folk have no driving license. I've had similar issues at
> other stores recently, and luckily they are happy to use my disabled
> taxicard, otherwise they would be stuffed. When I read the original question
> I had an evil thought that a picture of the scout hut was fine then..grin.
> Brian
>


--

Adam

[ARW]

Could it be done if if I lobbed my cock out on the Screwfix counter and
asked the the staff to compare it with the one on the photograph?




--
Adam